Ashley Walters
Cellist Conductor
Ashley Walters
Cellist Conductor
August 25, 2023
Time:Spans
International Contemporary Ensemble
Performing as soloist for Wadada Leo Smith’s cello concerto, Gondwana
New York City, NY
https://timespans.org/concert/international-contemporary-ensemble-khumalo-pagh-paan-shirazi-smith/
September 8/ 9/10/11, 2023
Wadada Leo Smith’s America Transformed
Performing four nights of music by Wadada Leo Smith with Smith, Purple Kikuyu, and RedKoral
Brooklyn College, NY
https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/wadada-leo-smith-america-transformed/2023-09-09/
October 20, 2023
Endless Season
Wild Up
Performing Vortex Temporum by Grisey and a premiere by M.A. Tiesenga
Los Angeles, CA
https://endless-season.wildup.org/2023-24/event/tiesenga-grisey/
November 4, 2023
Ventura College Chamber Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra
Conducting (from podium and cello) works by Bach, Janáček, and Schumann’s Symphony No. 3
Ventura, CA
https://www.venturacollege.edu/performing-arts
November 12, 2023
Workshop of Sally Ride, a new opera by Dana Kaufman
Conducting four scenes from the opera
Los Angeles, CA
https://synchromy.org/sally-ride-opera-workshop/
November 27-December 2, 2023
Residency at Vanderbilt University
Week-long residency with collaborator Wadada Leo Smith. Working the Blair Big Band abd the Contemporary Music Ensemble plus working with students in the composition and music history courses, in addition to giving a masterclass for the cello studio.
Nashville, TN
December 9, 2023
Ventura College Chamber Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra
Conducting (from podium and cello) works by Grieg, Holst, and Barber plus the premiere of After the Freeze by Anuj Bhutani with guest soloists Mayuri Vasan (voice) and Neelamjit Dhillon, tabla.
Ventura, CA
https://www.venturacollege.edu/performing-arts
December 14, 2023
Zócolo presents wasteLAnd music
Performing American Ledger No.1 by Raven Chacon
Los Angeles, CA
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2023/12/15/raven-chacon-american-ledger-no-1/events/the-takeaway/
January 14, 2023
wasteLAnd music presents Sarah Hennies’ concert-length duo for cello and percussion, The Reinvention of Romance
Performing with Dustin Donahue
Los Angeles, CA
https://www.wastelandmusic.org/events
January 19, 2023
Darkness Sounding
WildUp
Music of Mattie Barbier and Ellen Arkbro. Performing no dirt to call by and with Mattie Barbier
Los Angeles, CA
https://endless-season.wildup.org/2023-24/event/barbier-arkbro/